Four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore and Golden Globe Award nominee Bill Nighy made their Broadway debuts in the world premiere of David Hare's new play The Vertical Hour, the first Hare work ever to premiere on Broadway.

Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, The Vertical Hour opened on Broadway for a strictly limited 20 week engagement in November 2006 at the Music Box Theatre with preview performances beginning on Thursday November 9, 2006.